2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, TN vs Greenville, NC

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Highlights
- Greenville spends 4.6% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% lower in Greenville than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenville had 3.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, TNGreenville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,088  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,343$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6754573
 Students per Counselor425  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    7 Reviews

I was disturbed when I say old comments on this page. I recently moved to Columbia, TN. I saw associations with crime and other things that do not reflect what is by far  More

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Over 16 years ago

The jobs in Columbia, Tennessee are scarce in comparison to cities. It has been that way since the '90's. In the 90's General Electric and other major companies left the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Small old fashioned city. Not very progressive. great weather adequate schools no job growth. reasonable housing costs close to Nashville very few  More

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Reviews for Greenville    27 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Greenville is congested, dirty, drug and bug infested. Poverty levels rising because the elite in the city pool their resources to keep the housing prices extremely high  More

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Love this place, it's changed so much over the past 5 to 10 years and is growing in such a great direction. I can't wait to see how it grows in the years to come. Cost  More

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Over 9 years ago

absolutely avoid this place. I was (also) tricked to work at ECU unless someone thinks I am dumb enough to willfully drive 953 miles away from a vested position for a  More

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